SUMMARY

• Over 20+ years of rich experience in IT industry focused on Design, Engineering and Administration of Hi - performance computing environment.
• Highly proficient in managing the design, development, implementation, enhancement and support of all core Operating systems, Network systems, Security appliance, Middleware products such as Web and Application Servers, Statistical analysis programs and many other ancillary software including security and auditing software.
• Highly proficient in design, deployment, Administration and resource management for Solaris OS, VMs, ldoms, RHEL, Linux VMs, Windows, VMware, vCenter, AIX, Server Virtualization, P2V Migration and V2V migration.
• Highly proficient in AWS and FedRAMP Certified IaaS/PaaS Cloud Environment, cloud migration, Datacenter consolidation, migration and Disaster Recovery.
• Experience in design, engineering and administration of Identity and Access management software, Oracle IAM, Forgerock OpenAM/DJ, LDAP and J2EE Application Platforms, Oracle WebLogic, Apache Tomcat and Web Server. Deployment of Oracle Database.
• Experience in design and managing of Data storage systems (EMC & NetApp). Configuration and administration of Solaris ZFS, AIX/RHEL LVM, Veritas Storage Foundation, Volume Replicator, Net backup, VCS, CFS and Oracle RAC.
• Analyze and mitigate US-CERT security vulnerabilities, Security compliance for FISMA by implementing NIST security controls, Supporting ATO certification process and POA&M.
• Experience in ITIL, SDLC and TOGAF Methodology, Change management and Capacity planning. Analyzing System Capacity, Systems and Applications Performance to determine how it meets the SLA and business growth.
• Team player with good management, analytical, communication and interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware: Oracle M-Series, v-series & T-series, Cisco UCS, IBM P-Series, IBM x-Series & x86 servers, Cisco ASA, Big-IP LTM(F5).

Virtualization: VMware ESXi, vCenter, RHEL VMs, LDOMs, Solaris Zones, Branded Zones, Docker.

Cloud: AWS EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, ELB, CloudWatch, VMware VM, HA, DRS, vDS, vMotion, VMFS, FedRAMP Certified DataCenters

Operating Systems: Oracle(Sun) Solaris v2.5-11, RedHat E. Linux v5/6/7, IBM AIX, Windows

IAM Tools: Oracle IAM, ForgeRock Open AM, OpenDJ/OUD/ODSEE (LDAP)

Security/Monitoring: Splunk, Tripwire, Retina, WebInspect, BMC Patrol, CA eHealth, Hyperic.

Security Standards: FISMA, NIST, CAP, POA&M, US-CERT, ATO certification

DB, App & Web: Apache httpd server, Tomcat, Weblogic, OAM, & Oracle DB.

Filesystem/Storage: ZFS, XFS, NFS, iSCSI, Veritas SF, DMP, VVR, VCS, CFS, NetBackup, EMC, NetApp.

Tools: DNS, NIS, SSH, SSL/TLS, Keytool, Sendmail, Chef, JASS, MS Office & Visio.

DevOps: SVN, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, Jira, Confluence, Docker, Ansible, Chef

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Infrastructure Architect (Consultant)

Confidential, Reston, VA

Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure architect and team manager for OSHA - OIS and OITS application infrastructure. Provide technical oversight to infrastructure team members and track attainment of project milestones.
• Responsible for Managing the design, development, implementation, enhancement and support of Solaris & RHEL Operating systems, VMs, VMware, Network / Security Appliances, IAM products, Middleware products such as Web and Application software, Statistical analysis programs and many other ancillary software including security and auditing software.
• Take ownership of OIS/OITS project’s systems and application, ensuring they run smoothly and efficiently. Design and implementation of system/application upgrade to latest Oracle J2EE middleware and IAM/ Open AM stack. Migration and support on AWS / FedRAMP certified Iaas/PaaS cloud environment
• Provide expertise in the definition, design, migration, implementation, adoption, and adherence to enterprise on system architecture strategies, process and standards. Design and develop complex, integrated system solutions to meet client requirements.
• Monitor the server performance, providing statistics and reports, and using tool to maintain system continuity and an acceptable level of system performance on Cloud environment. Implement software tools for direct information protection, defensive measures and provide application security.
• Monitor, evaluate and maintain systems, policies and procedures to protect clients, network, application, data systems and databases from unauthorized activities. Analyze and mitigate all reported security vulnerabilities by US-CERT, Retina Network vulnerability scan and Fortify WebInspect Web Application scan.
• Interface with senior management in order to provide status, manage issues, and present options.

Sr. Systems Engineer (Consultant)

Confidential, NY

Responsibilities:

• Systems and Infrastructure Solution Engineering consultant to provide comprehensive Design, Integration and support using virtualization techniques on Solaris10/RHEL5&6/Windows 2007 for Multi-tier J2EE base Applications and E-Commerce site.
• Design/Engineering/Administration of Test/UAT/Prod Servers environment consist of Windows 2003/RHEL5&6 on Cisco UCS with VMware and Solaris10/Zones/LDoms with ZFS on Sun SPARC T-Series and M5000 H/W. Setup and Administration of Veritas Foundation suite, Volume Replicator, Cluster server, Cluster Filesystem and Netbackup.
• Setup and Administration of Oracle Directory Server (LDAP), OAM Server, Oracle Weblogic 11g, Apache, Tomcat, SVN/Artifactory/Jira Version Control System, Big-IP LTM (F5) Load balancer, Hyperic HQ monitoring server.
• Design/Integration/Administration for Mediacom new Commercial Service Ordering & Provisioning system running on Apache2/Tomcat6/Oracle Middleware/ Oracle DB RAC on Solaris/RHEL OS platform.
• Infrastructure engineering and Migration of existing Residential Service O&P systems into new WebLogic/BPM/OAM Platform. Administration of Test and Prod Server OS, J2EE Applications, WebServers, Version Control System, Deployment and related tools.
• Design/Integration/Support for “victoriassecret.com” Prod/DR/Test project running on Apache2/Tomcat6/Fatwire/Weblogic10.3/DB2. Design/ Integration/Support for 40+ instances Weblogic Server Cluster, Veritas CFS for Content servers, VCS for Database Servers and Veritas Netbackup.

Sr. Systems Engineer (Consultant)

Confidential, McLean, VA

Responsibilities:

• Sr. Systems Specialist for Systems Engineering and Design group. Developing and validating the architecture and high-level solution design against business requirements. Research and Development of new technologies and tools, Evaluation of systems and software. Management includes configuration, performance tuning, performance analysis, resources allocation, and capacity planning for mission critical systems/projects.
• Design/Engineering/Administration of DEV/QA/PROD 100+ Servers environment Solaris10/ LDoms/Containers on Sun Servers T-Series/SF6900/M5K and RHEL5 on IBM Blade/x Series with VMware ESX, J2EE Platform consisted of WebLogic 8.1.5/9.2/10. x, Glassfish, Sun One Webserver, Apache2, PeopleSoft and Oracle Database with respect to High Availability and Disaster Recovery.
• Design/Migration of 20+ legacy application projects in to Apache/iPlanet/WebLogic/Oracle 3-tier architecture Environment. Migration/Deployment of Applications/Utilities/Tools/User data in to the new Environment. Migration support for Oracle Database Servers in to Veritas Cluster Server Environment.
• Developing, enhancing, implementing and keeping up-to-date standards, best practices, procedures and policies for Sun hardware, System Domains, LDoms, Solaris OS, Solaris10 zones, 8/9branded zones, ZFS, RedHat E. Linux5, OS tools, WebServers, Glassfish, WebLogic, PeopleSoft, Oracle, Veritas VM, Cluster Server, CFS, SF Oracle RAC and EMC Storage.
• Maintains the operational health of the Unix infrastructure and the Applications. Root cause analysis and resolving performance issues of the production environment for mission critical systems/projects.

Sr. Technical Analyst

Confidential, Warren, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Lead Unix Administration duties for Confidential Technology Infrastructure which includes managing day-to-day Unix servers support, new system installation, migration and expansion projects for Citi Card E-business, Global Consumer Banking, Travelers Insurances.
• Setup and Administration of Sun Servers ranges from T2000, V240 to SF 25K as Database, Application and Web Servers, RedHat Ent. Linux Web servers for UAT/Prod Environments.
• Designing, deploying and Administering Solaris 8/10 OS, Solaris Containers/Zones, Flash Jumpstart (Sun JET), Resource management, Security Tools, SMF, Package & patch Manager.
• EMC SAN & HBA configuration, Power path, Veritas DMP, Veritas Cluster Server, Veritas Volume Manger & Netbackup Administration.

Lead Unix Systems Administrator

Confidential, Weehawken, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Lead Unix administrator for Equities Trading, Mutual fund & Fixed income services for Confidential Wealth Management, USA Division.
• Development & Production Support for 3 tier architecture Unix servers for Trading and Mutual fund Projects, which includes Sun Servers for iPlanet and Weblogic AppServer, IBM P-series servers for WebSphere and DB2 and Sun Fire Clustered Servers for Oracle Database.
• Setup and Configuration of WebSpere and Weblogic Application Servers and Clusters, client/plug-in configuration for iplanet6.0, deploying application and web services.
• Storage and File Systems management using LVM, Veritas VM/FS and Disksuite. Creating and Managing Software RAID, Logical Volumes and Disk groups.

Unix Systems Administration (Consultant)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Setup, configuration and administration of Sun E10K, SunFire 4800, Enterprises and Netra Systems (Solaris 2.6, 7&8), IBM P-Series Systems (AIX 4.3.x) as database, application and web Servers for Development and Production Environments.
• Storage and File Systems management using LVM, Veritas VM and Disksuite. Veritas NetBackup Server 3.4 and client’s setup, backup/restore jobs and scheduling.
• Setup and configuration of Apache, PHP, Perl, iPlanet Web Server and WebLogic Server, Deploying Web applications, implement SSL Certification.

Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for UNIX Systems and Network Administration which includes Sun servers and workstations with Solaris 2.6. Unix OS and Application Software Installation, Maintenance of hardware and peripherals, Solaris Interactive/Jump-start installation. Managed NFS Services, DNS Configuration, RAID Devices. Storage & File systems Management by using Veritas VM & FS for Solaris.